Watching Yang Zimo leave so resolutely, Qin Chuan's heart ached as if being cut by a knife, a feeling he had never experienced before.
He realized that truly loving someone could be heart-wrenching, and that love could utterly crush a person.
However, if Qin Chuan were to just let Yang Zimo walk away, he wouldn't be Qin Chuan.
"Xiao Mo!!"
Qin Chuan stretched his long legs and chased after her at his fastest speed.
Unexpectedly, upon hearing footsteps behind her, Teacher Yang began to run as well, as if she had anticipated Qin Chuan's move. She ran with great speed, like a sprite in the dark night.
In the dead of night, a man and a woman were engaged in a chase. Qin Chuan exerted all his might, and just as he was about to catch up, Yang Zimo abruptly stopped, turned around swiftly, and shouted, "You, don't move!"
Qin Chuan instinctively halted, his face filled with panic.
"Xiao Mo, I know I made a mistake in matters of the heart, but I..."
Before he could finish, Teacher Yang turned and fled again, widening the distance between them.
Qin Chuan stood there stunned for a moment, and Teacher Yang had already run several meters ahead.
He immediately resumed his pursuit.
As he was about to catch up again, Yang Zimo stopped once more, her face cold, and asked indifferently, "When did you and that Li Ya start?"
"We..."
Qin Chuan started to say, but Yang Zimo turned and ran again. Qin Chuan could only grit his teeth and chase.
The school was only about five hundred meters from Qin's house. The fleeing Yang Zimo had already arrived.
As Qin Chuan approached again, Yang Zimo suddenly pulled open the car door parked outside and agilely slipped inside, locking it.
When she had stopped the car earlier, she hadn't locked the doors and hadn't even taken the key, as she was at home and didn't worry about thieves.
Bang, bang, bang!!
Qin Chuan pounded on the car window, his voice choked with desperation.
Inside the car, Yang Zimo watched the young man outside shouting and anxiously knocking. She leaned back against the seat, her ample chest heaving. The run had exhausted her.
However, the exhaustion in her heart was far greater than that in her body. Pearls of tears uncontrollably rolled down her delicate cheeks, more and more of them.
Finally, Yang Zimo wiped her tears fiercely and started the car, its headlights illuminating the night.
Vroom!!
The sound of the engine startled Qin Chuan outside. He realized what was happening and hurried to the front of the car, spreading his arms wide with determination.
He absolutely would not let Yang Zimo leave. If she left tonight, there would be no room for reconciliation.
Inside the car, seeing Qin Chuan acting shamelessly in front of her, Yang Zimo grew anxious. She rolled down the window and yelled, "Get lost, you scumbag! I was blind to have fallen for you!"
Qin Chuan remained unmoved, as if he hadn't heard.
Seeing that Qin Chuan was not budging, Yang Zimo put the car in reverse and began to back up.
If forward wouldn't work, she could at least go backward.
To her surprise, Qin Chuan directly lay on the hood of the car, gripping the metal with his hands. No matter which way Teacher Yang drove, he would be there, unless she could shake him off.
"Qin, why are you being so shameless? I'm telling you, we're over!"
"Do you want to alert everyone in the village to laugh at you, the big boss!"
Qin Chuan remained completely unmoved, lying on the car's hood, stubbornly insisting, "My wife is running away, why should I care what they say! Let them say whatever they want!"
"You..."
Yang Zimo's eyebrows shot up in anger.
Creak!!
The sound of a large gate opening came from a distance, suggesting a neighbor had heard the commotion and come out to investigate.
Qin Chuan could afford to disregard everything, but Yang Zimo could not. Both Qin Chuan and she were familiar faces in this village, and if they were seen like this, it would have a significant impact.
Especially Qin Chuan, who was now a celebrity, the most successful entrepreneur in people's minds. If he were discovered...
"You... get down quickly, I'll let you sit in the car!"
Yang Zimo compromised first. At this point, she was still concerned about the face of a certain scumbag, making one feel heartbroken for this woman.
It was incredibly fortunate that Qin Chuan had gained the affection of such a girl, yet he was still flirting with other women, two-timing.
He deserved to be single for the rest of his life!
From the hood of the car, Qin Chuan heard Yang Zimo's words and jolted. He quickly rolled off the front of the car with a fawning, placating expression: "Xiao Mo, I knew you cared about me..."
To his surprise, he was met with an incredibly sharp little fist that landed squarely on his nose.
With that punch, Qin Chuan immediately clutched his nose and cried out in pain, crouching on the ground, feeling a burning, stinging ache. His nose was bleeding.
"Scumbag, I don't care about you at all!"
Inside the car, Yang Zimo's face was cold and merciless, as if the "big sister" from before had finally returned.
She was never one to be easily bullied. Her gentleness was entirely for the man beside her.
Now that the man had hurt her, what was the point of being gentle?
With a stomp on the accelerator, the Mercedes roared away, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
No matter how Qin Chuan shouted from behind, it was all in vain. Yang Zimo seemed not to hear anything.
Qin Chuan sat down on the ground in despair. Teacher Yang had truly left. No matter how shamelessly he behaved, it was useless. This time, he had truly broken the girl's heart.
Qin Chuan stood helplessly at the entrance of his dark, unlit home, like an abandoned child, unable to even enter his own house.
Our boss Qin, who had been almost entirely smooth sailing since his rebirth, was finally experiencing true hardship.
He couldn't even return to the county town, as he and Teacher Yang had only brought one car. Now that she had left, she had abandoned him here.
He couldn't get into his house without a key, his phone was dead, and he couldn't make a call.
"Damn it!"
"This is truly self-inflicted! You were so flirtatious, you two-timed... your karma has come!"
Qin Chuan muttered to himself, desperately tugging at his hair in frustration.
However, lamenting his fate was useless now that things had happened.
He had to get back to the county town immediately. Perhaps Teacher Yang hadn't left yet?
With this thought, a flicker of hope reappeared in Qin Chuan's eyes, and he quickly ran towards Aunt Guihua's house, where there was a public phone. He needed someone to pick him up.
About half an hour later, Zheng Chengdao arrived by car, having set out immediately after receiving Qin Chuan's call.
On the way back, Zheng Chengdao kept looking at his boss, hesitant to speak.
"What are you looking at? I've been dumped and Teacher Yang left me alone!"
Qin Chuan said irritably.
Zheng Chengdao was aware that his boss had two "madams," or rather, three, with a beautiful foreign female doctor at the research institute in the capital.
"Boss, you mean the love triangle you feared the most has finally erupted?"
Zheng Chengdao asked cautiously.
Qin Chuan remained silent.
"Since Teacher Yang has flown, what about Director Li Ya? Any reaction?"
Zheng Chengdao inquired.
Qin Chuan was suddenly startled. He realized that he had spent the entire day entangled with Teacher Yang and had neglected Li Ya.
After all, Yang Zimo had already met Li Ya, which meant...
Li Ya must also know about his two-timing.
"Brother Dao, can I borrow your phone?"
Qin Chuan said quickly, silently vowing to always keep spare batteries for his phone in the future. Today's mobile phones weren't like the integrated units of later eras; they had easily replaceable batteries.
Taking Zheng Chengdao's phone, Qin Chuan quickly called Li Ya. To his dismay, the phone indicated that the recipient's phone was turned off.
Li Ya, as a factory director, never turned off her phone, yet now...
Qin Chuan was truly terrified this time. One departure from Teacher Yang had already left him heartbroken and gasping for breath. If Li Ya also left, what color would his life have?
"Hurry, drive faster, get back to the county town!!"
Qin Chuan yelled, almost in a roar.